In my book, Rafa, I believe the most important line was, "Those were the numbers anyway. That was the logic." This line is extremely important in my eyes because it allows the plot to keep moving forward. It allows Nadal to keep trudging forward, even if he is not the favorite of the match. In the game of tennis, it is imperative you keep your confidence up. Without this, you will lose the match. The line perfectly shows this situation.
I believe this book can be quite perfectly connected to another book. The book Open is an autobiography by Andre Agassi, a former world number one tennis player. Agassi and Nadal go through many of the same difficulties. For example, both had extremely tennis passionate relatives, who really drove them towards who they were in their golden ages. Both of these relatives, Uncle Toni for Nadal and Agassi's father for Agassi, not only worked them hard, but abused them mentally. Uncle Toni would play twenty points with Nadal. He would then allow Nadal to win nineteen of those points and then come back to always beat him, 20 to 19. Agassi's father would not stop yelling at Andre until he hit the ball as hard as his father had wanted him to hit it. Both of these books gave a compelling story about how life was for a tennis player.
I can usually always understand what Rafael Nadal is attempting to explain. This is done because I also play the game of tennis. I can feel what Nadal is going through every moment of his book. When Nadal explains the loneliness of tennis on the court, I fully understand him. Nadal believes that no matter how lonely you are on the court, winning the match will always make up for it. I comprehend what he tries to say here. I can imagine every single point he plays with his rivals. I constantly make connections on how some things, people push me. But on others, I do things on my own. Nadal expresses the same feelings in his autobiography.
This can also be seen in the world perspective. It shows that hard work pays off. Nadal has played countless matches where he was not the favorite, and was also down two sets to none. From these dire situations, Nadal has still come out on top and won. Likewise, people in the lower class who believe in the American Dream can still come out on top through hard work. Both of these two situations are connected because they started from a low class, but through hard work, slowly came up to the middle class, and finally came back to win or be in the highest class. The book shows this through Nadal's perspective very well.
I believe this book can be quite perfectly connected to another book. The book Open is an autobiography by Andre Agassi, a former world number one tennis player. Agassi and Nadal go through many of the same difficulties. For example, both had extremely tennis passionate relatives, who really drove them towards who they were in their golden ages. Both of these relatives, Uncle Toni for Nadal and Agassi's father for Agassi, not only worked them hard, but abused them mentally. Uncle Toni would play twenty points with Nadal. He would then allow Nadal to win nineteen of those points and then come back to always beat him, 20 to 19. Agassi's father would not stop yelling at Andre until he hit the ball as hard as his father had wanted him to hit it. Both of these books gave a compelling story about how life was for a tennis player.
I can usually always understand what Rafael Nadal is attempting to explain. This is done because I also play the game of tennis. I can feel what Nadal is going through every moment of his book. When Nadal explains the loneliness of tennis on the court, I fully understand him. Nadal believes that no matter how lonely you are on the court, winning the match will always make up for it. I comprehend what he tries to say here. I can imagine every single point he plays with his rivals. I constantly make connections on how some things, people push me. But on others, I do things on my own. Nadal expresses the same feelings in his autobiography.
This can also be seen in the world perspective. It shows that hard work pays off. Nadal has played countless matches where he was not the favorite, and was also down two sets to none. From these dire situations, Nadal has still come out on top and won. Likewise, people in the lower class who believe in the American Dream can still come out on top through hard work. Both of these two situations are connected because they started from a low class, but through hard work, slowly came up to the middle class, and finally came back to win or be in the highest class. The book shows this through Nadal's perspective very well.
The best thing about my book is that Nadal explains the game of tennis through his own perspective, which makes the book much more interesting. He not only talks of his tennis life, but his own social problems and free time. He shares his beliefs with the reader for much of the time. This book is really appealing to me because I play tennis as well. This way, I can understand the way Nadal talks of tennis. I can also share the same experiences as him. For example, winning by much and happening to lose. The best thing is that I am able to understand Nadal's thoughts well enough for me to imagine what he is feeling.
From looking through Nadal's eyes, who is your favorite tennis player?
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